Yusuf Pathan’s 9 sixes and 52 runs in 2 overs went in vain, team lost due to the drama of the last ball. – Read

Team India’s former all-rounder Yusuf Pathan, who separated from international cricket many years ago and has now entered politics and become an MP, is still as adept at explosive batting as before. In Legends League cricket, he presented one such example of his explosive batting in front of the fans, which brought his team out of defeat, but then an accident happened to him. In this final against Southern Super Stars, Konark Surya Odisha star Yusuf Pathan hit fours and sixes. Yusuf scored 85 runs in just 38 balls but his heart broke on the last ball of the match.

52 runs scored in 2 overs, rain of sixes

In this final played at Bakshi Stadium, Srinagar, Konark’s batting had completely collapsed in response to the target of 165 runs set by Southern Super Stars. The team had lost 6 wickets for just 91 runs in 14.1 overs and then soon the score became 118 runs-8 wickets, while 17 overs were over. At such a time, the team’s hopes were entirely on Yusuf Pathan and the 41-year-old former Indian batsman did not disappoint. He brought his team closer to victory by hitting sixes.

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Yusuf came to bat in the 10th over, when the team’s 4 wickets had fallen. After this he showed his explosive style. First, in the 16th over, Yusuf hit 2 sixes and 3 fours in Subodh Bhati’s over and scored a total of 24 runs. This included 2 sixes and 2 fours in 4 consecutive balls. Then the team needed 35 runs in the last 2 overs and then Yusuf’s bat thundered. He hit 4 sixes and 1 four on spinner Pawan Negi in the 19th over, in which 3 consecutive sixes came on the fourth, fifth and sixth balls. In this way a total of 28 runs were scored from the over. In this way he scored 52 runs in 2 overs.

Out on the last ball, heart broken in the super over

Now only 7 runs were needed in the last over but Chaturanga de Silva did not allow this to happen and did not give any boundary. 2 runs were needed on the last ball and Pathan was on strike but he could take only 1 run and was run out while trying to take the second run. In this way the match became tied. Yusuf hit 6 fours and 8 sixes in his innings. After this came the super over and here also Yusuf hit a six which was his 9th sixer in the match but he was out here and his team scored 13 runs in the super over. In response, for Southern Super Stars, Martin Guptill hit consecutive sixes on the first and second balls of the over and then the team won the match on the fifth ball and won the title for the first time.